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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/infographics/most-expensive-cond.jsp
December 01, 2013 - Total hospital costs in 2011 by condition and cost per payer (in billions):
 
(picture of a doughnut chart … Insurance: 18% ($3.7 billion) 
 Uninsured: 4% (less than $1.0 billion)  
 
 
   (picture of a doughnut chart … 39% ($5.7 billion) 
 Uninsured: Less than 1% (less than $1.0 billion) 
 
 
(picture of a doughnut chart … Insurance: 25% ($3.2 billion) 
 Uninsured: 2% (less than $1.0 billion) 
 
 
(picture of a doughnut chart … Insurance: 47% ($5.8 billion) 
 Uninsured: 2% (less than $1.0 billion) 
 
 
(picture of a doughnut chart
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide45.html
October 01, 2014 - expanding the vital signs to include tobacco-use status, or the use of other reminder systems such as chart … expanding the vital signs to include tobacco-use status, or the use of other reminder systems such as chart
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/eder-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - were randomly selected for chart audit. … Chart audit of all test results. … One in seven results was not filed in the chart and about one in 20 
results was not signed (the form … The responses to two questions were 
particularly relevant for their correspondence to the chart audit … staff time is not 
wasted looking for “missing” charts.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/primary-care/tpc/pa-spread-impact.pptx
September 01, 2014 - Documented
Foot Exam
Patients with Self-Management Goal(s)
Tobacco Cessation Intervention
Monthly Run Charts … Sheet1
	 	Column1
	1/Solo	130
	2 to 4	167
	4 to 10	151
	>10	90
	Missing	18
		To resize chart data range … Sheet1
	 	Sales
	Yes	144
	No	394
	Missing	18
	4th Qtr	1.2
		To resize chart data range, drag lower right … Sheet1
	 	Sales
	Yes	107
	No	418
	Missing	31
	4th Qtr	1.2
		To resize chart data range, drag lower right … Sheet1
	 	Sales
	Yes	194
	No	334
	Missing	28
	4th Qtr	1.2
		To resize chart data range, drag lower right
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-cancer.html
June 01, 2018 - year of diagnosis, by race/ethnicity, 2004-2012, and by insurance, Blacks under age 65, 2012 
 
 Left Chart … 82.8 
 
 
 Hispanic 
 72.3 
 70.5 
 71.4 
 73.2 
 75.1 
 76.2 
 77.2 
 85.2 
 78.8 
 
 
 
 Right Chart … 28.3 
 31.3 
 47.5 
 47.8 
 50.6 
 
 
 >1 Race 
 38.1 
 40.9 
 36.5 
 39.3 
 53.5 
 50.9 
 
 
 
 Right Chart … pathologically examined, by race/ethnicity, 2004-2012, and by family income, Blacks, 2012 
 
 Left Chart … 87.2 
 
 
 Hispanic 
 56.3 
 61.8 
 68.7 
 78.0 
 81.0 
 85.1 
 85.1 
 87.6 
 86.7 
 
 
 
 Right Chart
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866854/psn-pdf
January 01, 2025 - Physician chart reviewers identified diagnostic concerns in
31 cases, of which only 11 were also identified
                                     
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/all-workflow-tools/statistical
January 01, 2023 - Process Control 
 
 
 
 Description 
 Statistical process control (SPC) involves the creation of control charts … Control charts use historical data to evaluate whether current data indicate process variation is in … Multi-Vari Chart 
 
 
 
 Description 
 A multi-vari chart shows both several sources of variation in
                                     
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/surveillance-adverse-drug-events-ambulatory-pediatrics
January 01, 2023 - The team compared the rate of ADE detection with the automated system to a traditional manual chart review … A random review of 392 patient charts was completed by a pharmacist. … total of 66 hours of pharmacist time was needed for the automated method, versus 565 hours for the chart … Both manual chart reviews and automated systems are better at identifying ADEs than voluntary reporting … Therefore, in an environment in which manual chart reviews are not feasible, an automated system is a
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/success-hospital-acquired-pressure-ulcer-prevention-tale-two-data-sets
May 17, 2018 - The HAPU incidence they found was about one-twentieth of the HAPU incidence detected using chart review … In addition, while both chart review data and administrative data showed a reduction in HAPU incidence … The authors suggest that using clinical data from chart review and taking ulcer severity into account
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/access/elements3.html
June 01, 2018 - never got care as soon as wanted, by insurance (ages 18-64) and race/ethnicity, 2002-2013 
 
 Left Chart … Uninsured 
 32.8 
 34.6 
 33.8 
 32.5 
 32.8 
 29.7 
 33.6 
 33.3 
 33.8 
 31.7 
 35 
 32.8 
 
 
 
 Right Chart … sometimes or never got care as soon as wanted, by preferred language and ethnicity, 2002-2013 
 
 Left Chart …   
 
 
 2011 
 4 
 3.8 
 5.8 
 
 
 2012 
 3.8 
 3 
 9.3 
 
 
 2013 
 3.5 
 3.4 
   
 
 
 
 Right Chart
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/mchcare-measures.html
June 01, 2018 - prescription medications and treatments from other doctors, by race/ethnicity and income, 2013 
 
 Left Chart … Right Chart: 
 
 Poor - 74.3. 
 Low Income - 76.1. 
 Middle Income - 80. 
 High Income - 75.2. … 17 years, by age, 2008-2013, and by sex and income quartile of ZIP code of residence, 2013 
 
 Left Chart … 2012 
 1574.3 
 1218.3 
 752.9 
 483.6 
 
 
 2013 
 1464.4 
 1169.3 
 670 
 471 
 
 
 
 Right Chart
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p005-2-ef.pdf
October 01, 2014 - ● Measure type specified and tested to be collected through manual medical chart review or as an eMeasure … Manual chart abstraction of this measure using either paper or electronic medical records is feasible … To conduct feasibility, reliability, and validity testing 
of this measure as a chart review measure, … two nurses independently reviewed the universe of charts of patients 4-5 
years of age who were diagnosed … that ADHD treatment medication was prescribed, and 75 percent agreeing that there was evidence 
in the chart
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/qi-strategies.html
July 01, 2021 - Chart 1. … Chart 2. … review medical charts of children who have multiple concurrent antipsychotic use to understand their … Chart 3. … Plan C:  Monthly chart review and provider education.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47582/psn-pdf
December 12, 2018 - The HAPU incidence they found was about one-
twentieth of the HAPU incidence detected using chart review … In addition, while both chart review data and
administrative data showed a reduction in HAPU incidence … The authors suggest that using clinical data from chart review and taking ulcer severity into account
                                     
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/louisiana-rural-health-information-technology-partnership
January 01, 2023 - The survey also revealed that the proportion of employees that felt an electronic chart was more complete … over a paper chart increased significantly from four months to one year post-implementation. … emergency department personnel would also be likely to find EMR a more complete patient record than paper charts
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part2-infmat.html
June 01, 2018 - 2,500 grams), by race, 2007-2013, and stratified by mother’s age, Blacks and Whites, 2013 
 
 Left Chart … 13.3 
 13.2 
 13.0 
 12.8 
 12.8 
 
 
 White 
 7.2 
 7.1 
 7.1 
 7.1 
 7.1 
 7.0 
 7.0 
 
 
 
 Right Chart … 1,500 grams), by race, 2007-2013, and stratified by mother’s age, Blacks and Whites, 2013 
 
 Left Chart … 2.9 
 3 
 2.9 
 2.9 
 2.8 
 2.8 
 
 
 White 
 1.2 
 1.2 
 1.2 
 1.2 
 1.2 
 1.2 
 1.1 
 
 
 
 Right Chart … birth weights, by race, 2003-2012, and stratified by mother’s age, Blacks and Whites, 2012 
 
 Left Chart
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-203-fullreport.pdf
April 10, 2017 - For Construction Using Manual Chart Abstraction 
To construct this measure using manual chart abstraction … ulcer risk assessment tool was administered (hh:mm, military time) will be 
abstracted from patient charts … Using an electronic algorithm, charts were identified that met the denominator 
criteria, were stratified … Evaluate the charts in the patient sample to see whether the patients meet the denominator 
criteria … charts for 
patient-level data included in the electronic output.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/skills-qi-tracking.docx
June 02, 2025 - Task
	Status/Date Implemented
	Notes
	Activated clinical decision support (CDS)
	
	
	Collected data/chart … Status
/Date 
Implemented
 
Notes
 
Activated 
clinical decision support 
(CDS)
 
 
 
Collected data/chart … Task Status/Date 
Implemented 
Notes 
Activated clinical decision support 
(CDS) 
  
Collected data/chart
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-intro.html
September 01, 2013 - Flow Chart for Implementing Universal Decolonization 
 Appendix B. … protocol, this resource includes: 
 
 Information to help you prepare for launch, as well as a flow chart
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-and-non-preventable-adverse-drug-events-hospitalized-patients-prospective-chart
March 04, 2011 - Preventable and non-preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a prospective chart … Preventable and non-preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a prospective chart review … Preventable and non-preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a prospective chart review